Rights at Work
Protecting Your Rights At Work
The “Rights at Work” category empowers workers with essential knowledge about their workplace rights and entitlements. Explore resources that explain leave entitlements, workplace safety standards, and protections against unfair dismissal. Learn how union members ensure every worker has access to fair treatment and safe working conditions.
Stand Up For Fairness And Equity
Understanding your workplace rights is the first step toward achieving equity and fairness at work. This section covers key topics such as minimum wage laws, casual worker protections, and superannuation rights, providing you with the knowledge to address workplace challenges confidently.
Collective Power To Protect Your Future
Union members work together to safeguard workers’ rights, from fighting against wage theft to improving job security. Discover how collective action drives change and creates a future where fairness is at the heart of every workplace.
See our articles below for more information about your rights at work!
Are you being paid correctly?
July 26, 2024
No matter what you do for work, it’s essential to understand your rights when it…
Dutton is coming for your workplace protections
July 11, 2024
Peter Dutton has already committed to turning secure jobs into casual jobs, repealing the right to disconnect and standing against minimum standards for gig workers.
Paid Parental Leave now at 22 weeks
July 8, 2024
From 1 July 2024, the amount of Paid Parental Leave new parents can access increased from 20 to 22 weeks.
Union members win change this financial year
July 4, 2024
Today’s the start of a new financial year, and a number of changes that benefit workers – and workers’ wallets – have come into effect.
Six wins for workers to celebrate on 1 July
June 20, 2024
In just over one week, millions of workers across Australia will start to see a boost to their pay packets and increased safety in their workplaces.
168 years on, workers are still winning better work/life balance
April 21, 2024
On this day in 1856, Melbourne’s Stonemasons fought for – and won – the 8-hour workday as a nationwide industry standard.
Workers need roster justice: predictable, reliable hours of work
April 11, 2024
Unfair rostering disadvantages workers in insecure work: unions are calling for for roster justice.
The future of hybrid work in Australia
February 20, 2024
For many workers, increased flexibility to work from home has dramatically increased their sense of well-being and ability to successfully balance the demands of work and life.
Closing gig economy and casual loopholes in 2024
February 12, 2024
The first part of the Closing Loopholes Bill was a monumental achievement that won vital changes for working people. Part two is just as important.
Workers win the right to disconnect
February 9, 2024
Thanks to new right to disconnect laws to come into effect later this year, all workers will have the right to say no to unreasonable demands to stay digitally connected to their employer and work outside regular work hours.